Boom! Blew up the rearend and driveshaft today!

missouri_guy197

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Gateway was going pretty good today until this happened:

















Looks like the center pin is completely gone, ring gear has some broken teeth, C-clip is bent, diff case is shattered, driveshaft front u-joint is destroyed, rear cover is shredded, and the tranny might have grenaded a gear...

 

bigcat

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that sucks. i hope you at least had fun doing it!!

 

Henceforward

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blackfang

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I saw the carnage on the other site. Time for a 31 spline.

 

1999SVTVert

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When did it let go? Launch, shift, etc?

 

Dr. Wu 2000

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Ouch, sorry to see that. Time to rebuild with the good stuff.

 

missouri_guy197

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1999SVTVert said:

When did it let go? Launch, shift, etc?

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It let go on a 5500rpm clutch drop launch...

More pictures here:

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?p=6011159#post6011159

 

posm6s

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Damn!

 

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Truly, out to sea

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Wow!!

So what was your 60' ft time?

 

missouri_guy197

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I'm not real sure, but I think I looked down at the end of the track and it was like a 2.39 or something like that because it broke before the 60' mark...

 

cold96snake

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x2 suckage then.

 

Dan_Soprano

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Guess the track prep was good huh?

 

missouri_guy197

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Dan_Soprano said:

Guess the track prep was good huh?

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Very, probably the best I've seen Gateway International prep their track for a test and tune...I walked the starting line before starting time and there was a lot of VHT down...